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    "id": 1522978,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1522978/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mogaka",
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    "content": "The owners or producers of these minerals like clay and gravel do not get value for their money. It is time that the 13th Parliament legislated to protect the owners of the clay that manufactures bricks and other valuable construction materials, and the owners of gravel that helps in the construction of most of our roads. We should make sure that the local communities benefit. I will emphasise on capacity building because we have certain areas designated as gold mines, and I do not know for what reason. We should capacitate our people to identify gold and various other minerals which may be lying unidentified and undiscovered in this Republic of Kenya. If they are exploited, they would expand our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This will help put this country on a competitive platform in the international market where gold is traded. It helps create our national reserves, particularly in the banking sector. We have other minerals that help manufacture cement and steel that need be mainstreamed. It is up to this legislature to come up with Bills such as the Gold Processing Bill that we are dealing with today. This will ensure that not only the owners or people who originate from that mineral deposit area get value for their money but also the Republic of Kenya. With those remarks and on behalf of the people of West Mugirango whom I am indebted, I support this Bill. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the permission to speak."
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